The Whale Problem : : A Status Report / / ed. by William E. Schevill.

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• MitwirkendeR: Aguayo L., Anelio,; Bannister, J. L.,; Bartholomew, G. A.,; Best, Peter B.,; Chapman, D. G.,; Doi, Takeyuki,; Evans, W. E.,; Evans, William E.,; Gambell, Ray,; Gulland, J. A.,; Jonsgärd, Age,; McHugh, J. L.,; McVay, Scott,; Mitchell, Edward,; Norris, Kenneth S.,; Ohsumi, Seiji,; Omura, Hideo,; Ray, G. Carleton,; Rice, Dale W.,
• HerausgeberIn: Schevill, William E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1974
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (419 p.) :; 1 Frontispiz, zahlr. Abb.

Whales--are they destined for immediate extinction or will a workable method of controlling their harvest soon appear? In an attempt to answer these and other biological questions related to whaling, the U.S. Department of the Interior, New York Zoological Society, Smithsonian Institution, Internati...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• PART ONE. Conference Summary
• CHAPTER 1. DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF WHALES IN RELATION TO BASIC PRODUCTIVITY
• CHAPTER 2. STATUS OF THE WHALE POPULATIONS OFF THE WEST COAST OF SOUTH AFRICA, AND CURRENT RESEARCH
• CHAPTER 3. A. THE FIN AND SEI WHALE STOCKS OFF DURBAN
• Chapte 3 Β. SPERM WHALES OFF DURBAN
• CHAPTER 4. ON WHALE EXPLOITATION IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
• CHAPTER 5. PRESENT STATUS OF NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FIN AND OTHER WHALE STOCKS*
• CHAPTER 6. WHALES AND WHALE RESEARCH IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC Dale W. Rice
• CHAPTER 7. RESEARCH ON WHALE BIOLOGY OF JAPAN WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE NORTH PACIFIC STOCKS
• CHAPTER 8. BALEEN WHALES OFF CONTINENTAL CHILE
• CHAPTER 9. STATUS OF ANTARCTIC RORQUAL STOCKS
• CHAPTER 10. WHALE POPULATIONS AND CURRENT RESEARCH OFF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
• CHAPTER 11. THE BIOLOGY OF THE SPERM WHALE AS IT RELATES TO STOCK MANAGEMENT
• CHAPTER 12. THE RELATION OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF WHALES TO THEIR MANAGEMENT
• CHAPTER 13. THE ROLE AND HISTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION
• CHAPTER 14. ESTIMATION OF POPULATION PARAMETERS OF ANTARCTIC BALEEN WHALES
• CHAPTER 16. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF WHALE SIGHTING THEORY
• CHAPTER 17. REFLECTIONS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF WHALING
• CHAPTER 18. RADIO-TELEMETRIC STUDIES OF TWO SPECIES OF SMALL ODONTOCETE CETACEANS
• CHAPTER 19. NEW TAGGING AND TRACKING METHODS FOR THE STUDY OF MARINE MAMMAL BIOLOGY AND MIGRATION
• GLOSSARY
• INDEX
• PREFACE